Background
Keezer, Dexter Merriam was born on August 24, 1895 in Acton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Merriam and Martha Moulton (Whitemore) Keezer.
Keezer, Dexter Merriam was born on August 24, 1895 in Acton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Merriam and Martha Moulton (Whitemore) Keezer.
AB, Amherst College, 1920. Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1938. Student, University Paris, 1919.
AM, Cornell University, 1923. Doctor of Philosophy, Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, 1925. Doctor of Laws, Mills College, 1940.
Doctor of Laws, Macalester College, 1957. Doctor of Laws, Elmira College, 1959. Doctor of Laws, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1959.
Doctor of Laws, Monmouth College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters, Clarkson College of Technology, 1955.
Reporter, Denver Times, 1920-1921; instructor economics, Cornell Univercity, 1922-1923; assistant professor economics, U. Colorado, 1923-1924; associate professor economics, U. North Carolina, 1926-1927; correspondent Washington bureau, Scripps-Howard Newspapers, 1927-1928; visiting lecturer, Dartmouth College, 1928-1929; associate editor, Baltimore Sun, 1929-1933; executive director, Consumers' Advisory Board NRA, 1933-1934; president, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1934-1942; deputy administrator, OPA, 1942-1943; economics adviser United States mission economics affairs, American Embassy, London, 1943; public member, National War Labor Board, 1944-1945; with, McGraw-Hill, 1945-1971; vice president, McGraw-Hill, 1953-1960; economics adviser, McGraw-Hill, 1960-1971; director, McGraw-Hill, 1958-1964. Delegate international economics conferences.
(1960s economic overview. 278 pages. Hardcover. McGraw-Hil...)
President Truro (Massachusetts) Civic Association, 1968-1970. Trustee Elmira College, 1963-1970. President, board directors Association for Improving Medical Resources of Outer Cape Cod, 1972-1975.
Member Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, since 1976. With United States Army, 1917-1919.
Married Anne Mellett, June 22, 1927. Children: Anne Lowell Keezer Read, Berthe Mellett Keezer Ladd.